Junior Legal Counsel / Associate Solicitor – Corporate Agreements, RECRUITMENTREVOLUTION.COM

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RECRUITMENTREVOLUTION.COM

Exciting opportunity for a Junior Legal Counsel / Associate Solicitor (2+PQE) to join a multi-service, innovative law firm based in Hertfordshire, known for delivering outstanding service and award winning legal advice to our clients. Escape city firm stress….

Role Info

Junior Legal Counsel / Associate Solicitor – Corporate / Commercial Agreements

St Albans / Remote 3 Days per Week

£40,000 – £65,000 depending on experience

Plus Benefits Package

Legal 500 Top Tier 2021

Headcount: 115

About Us

As part of a larger law firm, we offer our clients an integrated service working with our property, employment, litigation, commercial and private client specialists to provide a rounded client experience.

We work with some impressive businesses who instruct us on a wide range of high-quality corporate work. With the growing reputation of the team, we have a good referral network for London clients as well as regional clients.

We mainly help medium-sized owner-managed businesses and high net worth individuals but we also work with some large organisations including a national pharmaceutical company and well known banks.

Role

Our clients come from a range of sectors but over the years we have developed a focus in healthcare, charities and private wealth and play a key role in these firmwide sector teams

• Healthcare: we have strengthened our position in the sector by developing relationships with significant operators and acting on care home and pharmacy transactions.
• Charities: we work with local and national incorporated charities on mergers, constitutional, administrative and contractual matters and the formation of new charities, including charitable incorporated organisations (CIOs)
• Private wealth: we help wealthy entrepreneurs and family businesses either with family succession planning or to ensure their wealth is protected and maximised on the sale of their business.
  

The Junior Legal Counsel / Associate Solicitor Role

Sitting within our successful and ambitious corporate legal team, we are actively looking to expand the team with the recruitment of a Corporate Contracts Solicitor Lawyer to help manage the increasing demand for our services.

You will be involved in all aspects of corporate work such as mergers and acquisitions, share schemes, secured financing arrangements, share buy backs, bespoke articles of association and shareholder investments/agreements. Our M&A work is varied across multiple sectors with purchase prices up to circa £20m.

You will be working with 2 knowledgeable Partners who will offer support, and a trainee who you will mentor. There is a great variety of work and a close-knit community within the business. We encourage individuals to have client contact, build a following, and network.

About You

• A minimum of 2 years PQE with a high level of corporate technical knowledge across different sectors and a genuine enthusiasm to focus on corporate work.
• Creative problem-solving ability, commercial insight working as an extension of the client’s business to provide commercial, practical advice with their business needs and objectives in mind.
• A client-centred focus, taking responsibility for service levels and proactively maximising and improving client relationships.
• A can-do, motivated and positive attitude.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
  

Sounds like a good fit? Apply here for a fast-track path to the Hiring Manager.

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